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Using setup.exe for a different computer
- From: Merek Thorondursson <merek dot thorondursson at gmail dot com>
- To: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Tue, 2 Mar 2010 09:23:43 -0800
- Subject: Using setup.exe for a different computer
Using setup.exe for a different computer
Tuesday March 02, 2010
I have looked through the FAQ's and archives for a solution
to my problem, but have gotten hopelessly lost and cannot
find anyone with the same problem. The closest I found was
a (rather interesting) 2003 post about a CD installation.
I use two computers. The one which is connected to the
Internet is a Windows 98 Second Edition machine. The one
on which I hope to use Cygwin uses Windows XP Pro with SP2.
The setup.exe file I downloaded matches the Cygwin 1.7.x
installation, which is what I want. However, the machine
I use to access the Internet is greeted with the error
message that Cygwin 1.7 doesn't run on Windows 95, 98 or ME
and suggests that I use an older 1.5 version.
I anticipate that setup.exe looks at the local operating
system prior to searching for/retrieving packages. I don't
want to use an older 1.5 Cygwin on my XP box. It has no
Internet connection, so I can't use it to fetch the packages.
I got the impression that setup.exe would download files
which could later be installed, and I planned to carry those
from this machine to that one via a USB flash drive.
What operation am I missing that will allow me to use this
Windows 98 SE machine to retrieve packages for 1.7?
Patiently yours
--- Merek
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